Archeage NA

Archeage NA

Archeage is a "sandpark" MMORPG (hybrid of sandbox MMORPG) game published by Trion Worlds (publisher of Rift) and developed by XL Games. Their closed beta which ended just recently and the open beta will start on September 18, 2014 with a head start on September 12, 2014 for those who have purchased the "Founders Pack" which has a lot of freebies such as the "Phoenix Glider" and the "Desert Assassin Platemail" costume.

                         Glass Phoenix Glider                      Desert Assassin Platemail

Archeage offers Naval PvP which the ship needs man power and weaponry to engage PvP (against other players) or PvE (against sea monsters). As I've seen on the Russian version of the game that there are 2 types of ships (a) the raft like one which only one player can ride with no cannons and (b) a huge ship with cannons and up to 6 players are able to board on it.

 

Naval PvP

Duel / PvP

Crimes committed in Archeage will not go unpunished since players can be judged by a player run courts and if found guilty by the jurors (also in game players) they will be imprisoned and they can pay off their debt by working inside the prison or they can dig and escape from prison. Players who successfully escaped however will be unable to use abilities until their sentence has been lifted.

 Justice System

Prison

Classes in Archeage will be determined by the skill set you will acquire. There are 10 skill set (Battlerage, Archery, Vitalism, Occultism, Auramancy, Shadowplay, Sorcery, Defense, Songcraft and Necromancy) in the game and you can combine 3 of them to acquire a specific class. But as you progress through the game and will have reached a higher level you can acquire all the skill set in game and you can change your class anytime you want.

Characters / Classes

Houses, farms and even castles can be build by players which in turn can be attacked by opposing players. Cities can also be founded by players which can also be captured by the enemy players during siege and buildings can also be destroyed by siege weapons. Housing in the closed beta however is only limited to "Patron" status (unfortunately not for the free players) since you will need a "land title" to build a house. I hope that this feature will change during the open beta or maybe Patrons can sell these titles to free players.

 Housing

Castle

Mounts and Pets can be trained and fed until it grows into an adult. Mounts can also be equipped with armor and they can gain experience through combat and travel. There are many ways to travel in Archeage from running, walking, riding a mount, swimming, by airships , through portals and many more.

Mounts / Pets

Gliders are also available in this game. You can glide through enemy players boats and ship to attack or you can use it to escape a gank. But if you are hit in mid air you will fall though.

Gliders

I have played in their Closed Beta 4 and I've only reached level 18 since I only played for 2 days because I was having a problem downloading the game. But comes open beta I don't have to download the full game anymore just some minor updates which I already have downloaded for about 20 minutes (turn off the antivirus and firewall or allow Glyph in the exempted programs in the antivirus so that it won't crash).

-See you ingame-